Southampton have ended their seven-year exile from the Premier League and will join Reading in next season's top flight after beating Coventry on the final day of the Championship season, leaving West Ham United to navigate the play-offs.

Pupils were barred from a GCSE maths exam because of their footwear. Patrick Doherty arrived at Cardinal Newman Catholic School in Coventry wearing Fred Perry plimsolls, which broke the school's dress code.

An elderly woman from Coventry believes that she may be the £113 million EuroMillions winner, but she cannot check as her husband binned the ticket. That’s pretty unlucky. Here are some more people starved of luck.

COVENTRY 1-2 PORTSMOUTH
(After extra-time)
Aaron Mokoena broke Coventry hearts with a last-gasp winner at the end of extra time to hand cash-strapped Portsmouth brief respite from their financial troubles and a place in the fourth round of the FA Cup.